Five security personnel martyred in S.Waziristan

Staff Report

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Five security personnel martyred when terrorists attacked a check post situated in Sararogha, SAMAA learnt Friday.

Sources told that terrorists attacked the check post with heavy weapons. Five security men martyred who were deployed at the check post.

Security forces retaliated the terrorists’ attack but no causality reported yet. SAMAA

Security Forces kill 3 Militants in South Waziristan

WANA, Pakistan: Security Forces kill 3 Militants in South Waziristan, Three militants have been killed and six others injured during operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan.

According to sources, forces killed three militants and wounded six others in Ahmedwam area in Sararogha during ongoing operation. Search operation is also underway in the area in which explosives and weapons have been recovered. The security forces troops advancing towards militants strongholds.

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Security Forces kill 3 Militants in South Waziristan was first posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:07 pm.

430 Terrorists killed in Ladha and Sararogha

WANA, Pakistan: Security forces have killed 250 militants in Ladha and 180 militants in Sararogha operation, a spokesman said.

“The forces drive has been continued in Showal,” a military spokesman Brig. Farrukh told mediamen here. The military has recaptured the highways in South Waziristan region and also taken the control of land routes from Ladha to Makeen, he said. All mountain tops were retaken by the troops, the spokesman further said.

He said the military operation was underway in Ladha after reports of presence of 35 militant fighters in the area.

Earlier, Commander Sararogha Brig. Shafeeque informed the newsmen that 180 militants were killed in fighting during the Sararogha operation including Uzbek and Tehrik-e-Taliban terrorists.  A large quantity of arms and ammunition captured from the militants in Sararogha including 21 suicide jackets.

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430 Terrorists killed in Ladha and Sararogha was first posted on November 17, 2009 at 5:14 pm.

10 More Militants killed in Operation Rah-e-Nijaat

Pakistan: 10 More Militants killed in Operation Rah-e-Nijaat, Security forces killed ten more militants in clashes during Operation Rah-e-Nijaat in South Waziristan.
Sources said that forces targeted militants’ hideouts in Makeen and Laddah entire night. Forces are also consolidating their hold in Jandollah, Sararogha, Shakai and Kani Garam. Large caches of weapons and explosives were seized by security forces during search operation. Suicide jackets, machine guns, hand grenades and rockets were seized by forces.

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10 More Militants killed in Operation Rah-e-Nijaat was first posted on November 9, 2009 at 1:23 pm.

Operation in Rah-e-Nijaat, 10 More Militants killed

Pakistan: Operation in Rah-e-Nijaat, 10 More Militants killed ,Security forces have killed ten more militants in Operation Rah-e-Nijaat in South Waziristan.
Security forces seized heavy weapons while a large area of Makeen has been cleared of the militants. Forces have taken control of all the leading roads which join Makeen, Laddah and Sararogha. Forces are strengthening their hold in Sararogha and Laddah while search and clearance operation is also underway.
Curfew has been imposed on Bannu-Miran Shah Road for indefinite period of time.

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Operation in Rah-e-Nijaat, 10 More Militants killed was first posted on November 7, 2009 at 11:57 am.

30 Militants Killed In South Waziristan Street Battles

ISLAMABAD: Troops were Wednesday locked in deadly street battles with Taliban fighters, pushing a ground offensive deeper into militant-held territory, the military said. A senior military official told AFP the army had ‘taken’ the strategic town of Sararogha in the third week of fighting, while 30 insurgents were reported killed in the last 24 hours

ISLAMABAD: Troops were Wednesday locked in deadly street battles with Taliban fighters, pushing a ground offensive deeper into militant-held territory, the military said.

A senior military official told AFP the army had ‘taken’ the strategic town of Sararogha in the third week of fighting, while 30 insurgents were reported killed in the last 24 hours.

Pakistan has vowed to quash Tehrik-i-Taliban in South Waziristan, part of the border area with Afghanistan that Washington calls the most dangerous place in the world because of the abundance of Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters.

Sararogha shot to infamy within the tribal belt as the operational centre of former Tehrik-i-Taliban warlord Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone attack in August.

The military provides the only regular information coming from the frontlines. None of the details can be verified because communication lines are down and journalists and aid workers barred from the area.

Pakistan launched its fierce air and ground offensive into the northwest region on October 17, with some 30,000 troops backed by fighters jets and helicopter gunships laying siege to Tehrik-i-Taliban bolt-holes.

‘Today, security forces entered into the important stronghold of terrorists, the town of Ladha. Intense fighting is taking place in (the) streets,’ the military said in its daily update.

It said ‘security forces have cleared a major part’ of Sararogha, but a senior official in northwest Pakistan said the town had been captured.

So far, the military has claimed to have killed more than 390 militants since the operation began, with 45 troops losing their lives.

The long-anticipated assault into South Waziristan came after a spring offensive in and around the northwestern Swat valley, which the government declared a success in July. However, sporadic outbreaks of violence continue.

8 militants killed, Fierce battle in Sararogha

Lahore, Pakistan:- Fierce battle is underway in Sararogha and Kani Garam areas of South Waziristan since night in which eight militants were killed and 10 others injured till morning.

Sararogah- considered as a hub of militants- is being speedily cleared of militants. Kotki and Spin Kai areas have already been cleared of militants. Sources told that gunship helicopters are flying over the area and a full offensive is likely to be launched today.
According to unofficial sources, some 0.5 million people have migrated from South Waziristan so far and majority of them are staying in North Waziristan. Registration of IDPs, who have come to Dera Ismail Khan and Tank, continues.

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8 militants killed, Fierce battle in Sararogha was first posted on November 4, 2009 at 10:52 am.

India Oil Blaze Rages On, 10 Dead: official

India Oil Blaze Rages On, 10 Dead: official: JAIPUR: A massive fire at an oil depot in western India had left ten people dead, an official said Sunday, as the blaze raged on after more than 48 hours. The fire, caused by a suspected oil pipeline leak, broke out Thursday night at the Indian Oil Corp (IOC) compound on the outskirts of Jaipur in the desert state of Rajasthan. B.L.

India Oil Blaze Rages On, 10 Dead: official:JAIPUR: A massive fire at an oil depot in western India had left ten people dead, an official said Sunday, as the blaze raged on after more than 48 hours.

The fire, caused by a suspected oil pipeline leak, broke out Thursday night at the Indian Oil Corp (IOC) compound on the outskirts of Jaipur in the desert state of Rajasthan.

B.L. Soni, a senior Jaipur police official, told AFP two bodies had been spotted near the facility but that rescuers could not retrieve them because the temperature from the fire was too high.

He said authorities believe the bodies belong to two IOC employees who have been missing since the inferno began.

Eight other people died in the blaze, including three more employees, and their bodies had been recovered from the scene, officials said.

The number of injured stood at 135.

‘We don’t expect any more bodies to be recovered,’ said Soni.

Firefighters abandoned earlier attempts to extinguish the blaze and expect the flames to die out in the coming days.

Local residents reported hearing a large explosion when the blaze began, engulfing about 50,000 kilolitres of fuel stored in tanks and pouring thick black plumes of smoke into the sky.

IOC officials estimated the cost of the fire at up to 1.5 billion rupees (30 million dollars).

It caused damage to at least 200 small and large industries nearby, the Press Trust of India reported.

Between 1,000 and 1,500 people remain evacuated from the area, but other residents living close by have started to return home, said Soni.— AFP

Five Militants Perish In SWA: ISPR

WANA: At least five militants were killed during military offensive against Taliban militants in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Sunday morning, ISPR sources said.

WANA: At least five militants were killed during military offensive against Taliban militants in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Sunday morning, ISPR sources said.

According to sources, security forces pounded several militants’ hideouts in Kani Karam, Toda Cheena and Sararogha areas of SWA during ongoing army operation.

Forces have also cleared many strongholds of Taliban and have taken control many others, sources said.

It may be mentioned here that as many as 260 suspected Taliban have been killed amid operation Rah-e-Nijaat, meanwhile, security forces have captured many key strongholds of Taliban in the agency.

82 Militants killed in SWaziristan

WANA, Pakistan: 82 Militants killed in SWaziristan, Security forces in their latest offensive against militants in South Waziristan, militants have killed at least 82 more on Thursday.

According to sources, security forces conducted the operation Rah-e-Nijat in Sherongi, LADDH Road, Momi Karam Kot Kai and Sararogha different areas of South Waziristan, killing over 82 militants.

Meanwhile, troops from the security forces are also making progress toward key strength of militants in the region, the sources added.

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82 Militants killed in SWaziristan was first posted on October 29, 2009 at 4:20 pm.

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